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    Sometimes when I go to lunch, I like to park where I can see Suzy from inside the resturaunt (who am I kidding...Mc Fatburger..) & watch the gawkers while I eat...it can be VERY entertaining.

    It's gotten to a point where I can read their lips when they ask themselves the most common question...whattinnahell IS that thing???

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ldub View Post
    Sometimes when I go to lunch, I like to park where I can see Suzy from inside the resturaunt (who am I kidding...Mc Fatburger..) & watch the gawkers while I eat...it can be VERY entertaining.
    Happened to me yesterday - needed a quick lunch, so my buddy and I ran up to BK just up the street from work. People inside and outside were scoping out the VX!

    I almost think people are getting more fascinated with it as the years go by...

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    Quote Originally Posted by VehiGAZ View Post
    I almost think people are getting more fascinated with it as the years go by...
    Same here. And it still seems to surprise people the most when I get to the part about it being a 2001.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Y33TREKker View Post
    Same here. And it still seems to surprise people the most when I get to the part about it being a 2001.
    Now and then I get asked if my '99 is a newly released model.

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    I went to what used to be the Isuzu dealer here in Canada today for a new EGR valve and they couldn't believe their eyes. They always heard of it but everyone that worked in the whole dealership and service dept came to the garage to marvel at the VX's curves. They were treating it like such a celebrity that I almost thought the repair was going to be free.
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    Not much of the typical comment but today a guy at work who is a huge Wrangler fanatic said that the Vehicross is like the Wrangler of Isuzus.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CrnCnn View Post
    Not much of the typical comment but today a guy at work who is a huge Wrangler fanatic said that the Vehicross is like the Wrangler of Isuzus.
    I'd call that pretty high praise, coming from a "huge Wrangler fanatic"...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Y33TREKker View Post
    Same here. And it still seems to surprise people the most when I get to the part about it being a 2001.
    Heheheh - I get to tell them it's a '99 - a 28.57% greater effect!

    Seriously - next year it will be officially 10 years old. Wow. That is going to make people freak out.

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    Last night I pulled into a Waffle House around midnight and there was a mazda3 full of girls who were gawking/giggling/pointing. Shame they were half-way out of the parking lot before I noticed that they were kinda cute

    I wonder if it has anything to do with the tail I have on my VX?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thmstec View Post
    Last night I pulled into a Waffle House around midnight and there was a mazda3 full of girls who were gawking/giggling/pointing. Shame they were half-way out of the parking lot before I noticed that they were kinda cute

    I wonder if it has anything to do with the tail I have on my VX?
    Hahahahaha funny though.

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    I don't think I've told you guys this one:-

    I had parked particularly "creatively" in Cardiff one evening whilst looking at flats to rent for work. I was waiting for the letting agent a few metres from the VX and was watching the reactions of bystanders. In guy on a mountain bike did two laps trying to work out what it was and a big black guy came across saying "nice car man, nice car - good to see something different!" which i took as a huge compliment

    Oh yeah, I'm currently waiting on a new windscreen arriving from Japan but to make sure they were going to order up the right thing I had to go to the Auto Windscreens depot (again in Cardiff - I've been spending a LOAD of time there...) whilst they worked out if it could be from something else (no such luck ). "Yeah yeah, bring it into the workshop", they say.

    In I drive, with the window down (what's the point in it making all the noise if you can't enjoy it in a confined space occasionally!) and all I hear is "What the hell is that?" and the response from one of the other guys, "That's one hell of a car, that's what that is!"

    Stuff like that make it worth the frustration when you have silly things go wrong...



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    Quote Originally Posted by Thmstec View Post
    Last night I pulled into a Waffle House around midnight and there was a mazda3 full of girls who were gawking/giggling/pointing. Shame they were half-way out of the parking lot before I noticed that they were kinda cute

    I wonder if it has anything to do with the tail I have on my VX?
    I saw this and thought of you....

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    Just to prove, again, how timeless the design on the Dragon is:
    Had a guy waiting for me outside the store today asking if the VX was a 2009 model year vehicle....:bgwg:
    And that was with all the recent grime from driving on slushy/melty/snowy roads!
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    haha dub.. i do that too.. my girlfriend and some of my best friends know that when we go into a place where we can seat our selves.. we always take the view of the VX... i do it more to keep an eye on my baby so nobody hits it with a door or anything.. but it is funny to see the gawkers..

    had a couple guys in a bmw 5 series gawk as they passed me on the highway yesterday (normally i dont let people pass me.. but it was pouring down rain.. and i was doing 70 as it was.. i figured i would let them go)

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